Kalro banks on quality seeds to boost potato yield

Traders sell potatoes at a market. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (Kalro) is banking on a high quality potato seed production and distribution deal with Syngenta Foundation to increase production five times to 10 million tonnes annually.

The deal involves increasing high quality certified potato seed availability to farmers by 25 percent through rapid multiplication, increased field seed bulking, and capacity building of commercial seed growers.

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